I missed out on the genre as a kid because I am boy

  • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    6 days ago

    Actually, this is me sharpening my genre whetstone. I’m writing a book set in a magic school, main character is taking a pegasus-riding class, and its becoming clear that in the climax of the book I’m going to have to describe some very complex aerial horsemanship when I barely understand how a horse thinks.

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      4 days ago

      I’ll have to level with you, horse fiction doesn’t usually accurately portray the way horses think. If you’re going with fictional magical pegasuses I wouldn’t worry about being accurate to real life and just do whatever works for you.

    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      From my understanding of horses, they don’t think they just fucking R U N. It’s all they know how to do.

      Not sure how trained horses act. Probably more D I R E C T E D R U N.